Coasting-vehicle.



H..H. CARTER. COASTING VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10. 19m;

Patented Sept. 17,1918.

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a N E 0 P 4T M T 0 H I I r! W! y B COASIING-VEHICLE.

- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

Application filed October 10, 191?. Serial No. 195,846.

hicles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in'the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to coasting vehicles, and has for its principal object to provide a device of this character comprising a fift Wheel arrangement whereby steering of the vehicle is effected while the user coasts or propels the latter. v

In accomplishing this object, I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a vehicle constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. II is a side view of the same.

Fig. III is an inverted plan view illustrating the mounting of the steering wheel.

Fig. IV is a detail perspective view of the fifth-wheel members comprising parts of the steering mechanism.

Fig. V is a perspective view of portions of the fifth-wheel members, illustrating the means for anchoring the channel to the band member.

Referring more in detail to the draw ings:

1 designates the body portion of a vehicle embodying the present invention, and which, in its preferred construction, comprises the paired side rails 22 secured together at their rearward ends by a cross plate 3 which is attached to the under sides of the rails and by a seat board 4 on the upper sides thereof; the parts being secured together by nails or bolts to form a substan tial. and rigid structure. The seat is also provided with a back 6, and the body is supported at the rear end by the ground wheels 77, which are mounted, at oppo side sides thereof, on the ends of an axle 8 that is fixed transversely across the frame to the under side of the plate 3.

The rails 2-2 converge toward their forward ends and-are held rigidly in spaced re lation by a fifth-wheel mechanism c0mpr1sing a segmental circular band 10 which spans the space between and is anchored to the under sides and at the forward ends'of the rails 22 by means of cap screws 11 extended downwardly through the rails and threaded into apertures 12 in the band; the

opening between the ends of the band 10.be-o

ing turned forwardly in registration with the opening between the ends of the rails 2 2 so as to permit the operation of a steering wheel, presently described herein.

Slidably mounted'on the band 10 is an uprrro.

HARRY I-I. CARTER, OF KANSAS CITY, IVIISSOURI.

wardly facing segmental channel member 14, which is adapted for slidable movement about the band and is anchored thereto by means of cap screws 15 which are extended througha slot 16 formed concentrically in the base portion 17 of the channel and are threaded into the band; the screws having heads 18 thereon which seat against the outer face of the channel to prevent its disconnection from the band, but at the same time permitting a free slidable movement thereabout.

Attached to the under face of the channel member by rivets or bolts 20 is a transverse axle 21, which is extended beyond the rails 2--2 at opposite sides of the body to form foot rests 2222, and revolubly mounted on the'axle centrally between the side rails is a ground wheel 23 whereby steering of the vehicle is effected, it being apparent that with the slidable mounting of the channel member which permits a horizontal movement thereof on the band 10, an operator by pressure on one or the'other extended portions of the axle 21 may turn the parts to effect a desired direction of the vehicle.

Assuming that the vehicle is so constructed, a person sitting on the seat 1 places his feet on the foot rest-s 2222 and guides the device by turning the channel member on the band or ring 10 to turn the wheel 23 in the direction desired.

It is also apparent that, if the user, when not coasting, wishes to propel the vehicle manually, this may be easily done by the use of a short push rod which he may extend through the opening between the side rails acter may be used for coasting or may be propelled manually by the user, and that steering thereof may be easily effected by movement of the channel member about the connecting band 10 by the actuation of the foot rests.

VHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In a vehicle of the character described, comprising a body portion, steering mechanism comprising a segmental circular band fixed to the said body portion, a channel member inclosing said fixed band and slidably attached thereto, an axle attached to the channel member and having opposite ends extending at opposite sides of said vehicle body, whereby the said channel member may be moved 011 the said band, and a steering Wheel revolubly mounted on said axle within the circular members for the purpose set forth.

2. In a vehicle of the character described, comprising a body portion, a segmental circular band attached to said body on the under side thereof, an upwardly facing seg mental channel member inclosing said fixed band and slidable therein; said channel having a slot concentric therewith in its base, anchor members extending through said slot and into said band to hold the parts in func tional relation, an axle fixed to the channel member and extending thereacross and at opposite sides of said body, and 'a steering wheel revolubly mounted on said axle within the segmental members.

3. A vehicle of the character described, comprising. spaced side rails, a segmental circular band fixed to the forward ends of said rails with the opening of the band registering with the opening between the rails, a segmental circular channel member slida bly fixed to the said band, an axle fixed to the channel member and extending at opposite sides of the body, a steering wheel revolubly mounted on the said axle and operating between the body rails and within the opening of the said band and channel members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRY H. CARTER.

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' Washington, D. G. 

